Interannual spatial variability of krill (Euphausia superba) influences seabird foraging behavior near Elephant Island, Antarctica

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-35

  Santora, Jarrod A ^a   Reiss, Christian S ^b   Cossio, Anthony M ^b   Veit, Richard R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic krill; Antarctica; Elephant Island; Euphausia superba; Foraging; Patchiness; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CRUSTACEAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PATCH DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ELEPHANT ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 59149086298     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2008.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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